Today is the last day of operation for the Alum Rock Library, currently one of the community libraries operated by the Santa Clara County Library. The Alum Rock Library was founded to serve the unincorporated neighborhoods of the east foothill area of Santa Clara County. Over the years, more and more of this area has been annexed into the City of San Jose. Now the library sits inside San Jose city limits and 75% of its users are San Jose residents. The new library will be part of the [City of] San Jose Public Library System.
The new library is set to open on July 9th and will be called The Dr. Roberto Cruz-Alum Rock Branch Library, honoring the founder of the National Hispanic University who died in 2002 and was an inspiration to many. The 26,000-square-foot new library building is being built by the City of San Jose with bond funds designated for the construction of new branch libraries to serve San Jose neighborhoods. The 27-year-old library building will be demolished to make way for additional parking for the new Alum Rock Library.